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It Would Take a Strong Strong Man

" It Would Take a Strong Strong Man " is a 1987 song by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley . Written by Stock Aitken Waterman , it was released as the fifth single from Astle...

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"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" is a 1987 song by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley. Written by Stock Aitken Waterman, it was released as the fifth single from Astley's debut album Whenever You Need Somebody. It was mainly intended for the American market where it was a top ten hit, and was not released in the United Kingdom and most of Europe.

Background and release

The B-side "You Move Me" written by Rick Astley was featured in the movie Cocktail. Producer Pete Waterman excitedly dragged Astley into his office and played Astley a VHS of the trailer of the movie and Astley was stunned that his song was played all the way through it. Waterman neglected to tell Astley that it was only in the trailer and not the movie.[1]

Critical reception

Retrospectively, in 2025, Thomas Edward of Smooth Radio ranked the song number nine in his list of "Rick Astley's 10 greatest songs, ever".[2]

Chart performance

"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" reached number one in Canada, number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one for one week on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart.[3]

Track listing

  • 7" and cassette single
  1. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" – 3:39
  2. "You Move Me" – 3:40
  • 12" single
  1. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" (Matt's Jazzy Guitar mix) – 7:46
  2. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" (instrumental) – 3:39
  3. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" – 3:39
  4. "You Move Me" – 3:40

Charts

Personnel

  • Rick Astley – lead vocals
  • Matt Aitken – guitars, keyboards
  • Mike Stock – keyboards
  • "A. Linn" – LinnDrum programming
  • Ian Curnow - Programación Fairlight
  • Dee Lewis, Shirley Lewis, Mae McKenna, Suzanne Rhatigan – coros

Referencias

  1. ↑ La sesión de escucha de Tim en Twitter
  2. ↑ Edward, Thomas (5 de noviembre de 2025). "Las 10 mejores canciones de Rick Astley de todos los tiempos" . Smooth Radio . Consultado el 19 de febrero de 2026 .
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001 . Record Research. p. 24. 
  4. ↑ " Los sencillos más populares de RPM: Imagen 8734 ". RPM . Biblioteca y Archivos de Canadá . Consultado el 20 de marzo de 2024.
  5. ↑ Michel Gignac. "Compilación de éxitos por orden alfabética de interpretación" (PDF) . banq.qc.ca (en francés). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec . pag. 38 . Consultado el 3 de abril de 2025 . 
  6. ↑ " Historial de Rick Astley en las listas (Hot 100) ". Billboard . Consultado el 19 de marzo de 2024.
  7. ↑ " Historial de listas de éxitos de Rick Astley (Adult Contemporary) ". Billboard . Consultado el 19 de marzo de 2024.
  8. ↑ " Historial de listas de éxitos de Rick Astley (canciones de música dance) ". Billboard . Consultado el 19 de marzo de 2024.
  9. ↑ "Los 100 mejores sencillos del 88" (PDF) . RPM . Vol. 49, n.º 10. 24 de diciembre de 1988. pág. 9. Consultado el 29 de noviembre de 2024 .   
  10. ^ "1988 年 の チ ャ ー ト" (en japonés). Onda J. Consultado el 28 de enero de 2026 .